2000 DODGE RAM 1500 Complaints

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2000 DODGE PICKUP TRUCK HAS CRACKED AND FALLEN IN IN SEVERAL PLACES. I HAVE READ ARTICLES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT ETC. READ SEVERAL ARTICLES STATING THAT THE PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD AND DODGE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL. I WANTED TO WRITE AND COMPLAIN AS IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE A DANGER INVOLVED WITH THE DASH BOARD BREAKING. NOT SURE WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE CRACKS HAPPENED SO I'M ESTIMATING IN THE FIELDS BELOW. *TR

VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING. I COULD BE DOING 60 MPH OR I COULD BE DOING 25 MPH. THERE WOULD BE NO WARNING IT WOULD JUST DIE. LUCKY FOR ME I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN A FEW MINUTES. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER 5 TIMES TO FIX STILL IT ISN'T RUNNING PROPERLY. THEY REPLACED NUMEROUS WIRES & THE CRANK SENSOR. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 10/07 AND AS OF 1/5/08 PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. (5 TIMES IN TOTAL). *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY TRUCK ARE COMPLETELY 'BLIND'. THE GLASS HAS BECOME SO UNCLEAR THAT DURING DARKNESS NOT ENOUGH LIGHT IS GIVEN UP, DRIVING IN DARKNESS HAS BECOME UNSAFE. AT THIS POINT I AM SUPPORTING IT BY TURNING THE FOG LIGHTS ON. I WILL BE FORCED TO REPLACE THE HEAD LIGHTS TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ISOLATED TO MY TRUCK AS I AM NOTICING SIMILAR DISCOLORATIONS OF THE HEAD LIGHTS ON OTHER TRUCKS OF SAME DODGE MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

DASHBOARD BEGAN TO FRACTURE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, 11-06'. IT HAS STEADILY WORSENED UNTIL DRIVING THE OTHER DAY ON INTERSTATE THE DASH MADE A NOISE AND WE SEEN THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE DROPPED OUT OF THE THING AS A SINK HOLE WOULD. I AM CONCERNED IT COULD DAMAGE OR DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS OR OTHER WIRING OR DEVICES. IT IS NEARLY FRACTURED ENOUGH IN SEVERAL OTHER PLACES TO CAUSE MORE COLLAPSING OF THE DASH. NOTHING YET DONE TO REPLACE OR REPAIR. *TR

THE ENTIRE TOP DASH IS CRACKED AND THE DASH AROUND THE GAUGES IS ALSO CRACKING. IT RATTLES PIECES ARE STARTING TO COME LOOSE AND EXPOSE WIRING. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO SHARP EDGES AND FLYING PIECES IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, SOME MAY BE SMASHED INTO SOMEONE'S FACE BY THE AIRBAG. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. *TR

I HAVE CRACKED DASHBOARD IN MY 2000 DODGE 1500 RAM PICKUP. THIS COULD DAMAGE THE WIRING IN THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE MORE UNNECESSARY REPAIRS HAD THIS NOT HAPPEN. THE QUALITY OF THE PLASTIC IS BAD. IT DOES NOT LAST MORE THAN 2 OR THREE YEARS BEFORE IT STARTS CRACKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCKED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE AND, MINUTES LATER, THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. TEN MINUTES LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN CRACKING AND THREE MONTHS LATER, THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL CLUSTER FELL COMPLETELY INWARD. HE HAS NOT YET NOTIFIED THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

UPPER DASH PANEL HAS CRACKED SEVERELY IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, MOSTLY ORIGINATING FROM AROUND THE DEFROSTER DUCT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CAUSING A BLOCKAGE OF DEFROSTING AIR WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN US CLIMATES. *TR

THERE IS A LARGE CRACKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD,IT HAS CRACKED INTO SEVERAL SMALL PIECES,IF THE AIR BAG WERE TO DEPLOY THESE PIECES COULD BECOME DEADLY,I HAVE TURNED OFF THE AIR BAG AS TO KEEP THIS FROM POSSIBLY HAPPENING,I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS TRUCK,64,000 MILES AND ITS A 2000 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM IN THIS TRUCK. *TR